Record ID: HAMP-659113
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded and damaged cast copper-alloy medieval bar mount, elongated with a central circular element. The central lobe has a truncated, flat top and central circular perforation. The arms are semicircular in cross-section with a flat lower surface. One ends with the vestiges of a circular terminal, perforated to take a rivet, and bent down as a result of old damage. The other terminal has broken off. The artefact has corroded to a mid-grey colour. The object is similar to artefacts illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 214; fig. 134) which tend to date from before 1350 AD.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-656794
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy medieval bar mount with hemispherical central lobe (c. 14th century AD). The central lobe is solid and is plain on its upper surface. The bars are more elongated than some other contemporary examples; they narrow gradually towards their terminals. Each terminates in a small side lobe which is perforated and recessed on the lower surface; neither of the rivets survive. The artefact now has a dark-grey/green patina with diagonal file marks on the lower surface. For a similar 'solid' bar mount see ref. HAMP-C16BB7 on this database.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-6298E2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic - Neolithic flint bladelet, dating 8,300 - 2,100BC. This is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are three blade flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. There is some damage to the butt which is obscuring some of the detail. The flint is grey brown and there is no recortication.
Dimensions: length: 39.84mm; width: 13.55mm; thickness: 3.36mm; weight: 1.73g.
Identification by Jon Cotton, Specialist in Prehistoric London.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-626944
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic - Neolithic flint blade flake from a single platform prepared core, dating 8,300 - 2,100BC. This is a tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There are four blade flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. There is some damage to the butt and the dorsal surface which is obscuring some of the detail. The flint was originally grey brown and there has been some recortication resulting in a milky appearance.
Dimensions: length: 60.34mm; width: 29.76mm; thickness: 11.83mm; weight: 18.07g.
Identification by Jon Cotton, Specialist in Prehistoric London.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-618F87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn and bent, possibly irregular 11th-century silver late early-medieval penny of Edward the Confessor, 'Pyramids' type, struck by the moneyer Spracling probably at Winchester mint (c. 1065 - c. 1066 AD; North 831).
Two small points of copper-alloy corrosion product on the obverse suggest that this coin might be a plated copy; they may simply be accretions.
Although Spracling minted at London as well as Winchester (North 1994, 184, 186), only Winchester coins seem to have sufficiently elongated renderings of the moneyer's name to prevent space for the mint name. The fi…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-6187A1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy small bowl, probably a salt, probably dating to the 17th century. The bowl has a rounded base, curved walls and a rim which has been rolled back on itself. The bowl has tripod feet soldered onto the body. One of these is missing and there is the corresponding section of the wall missing as well. The rim is decorated with diagonal lines creating a twisted rope effect. The feet are also decorated with a scallop shell at the point of attachment with the bowl and there is some decorative moulding on the base of the foot. There are no traces of maker's mark…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-60EC11
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold finger ring. The finger ring is circular in plan, with a little distortion in shape, and D-shaped cross-section although there is a slight curve to the internal surface which forms the upright of the D. The external surface is plain with no decoration nor inscription. There is an inscription on the internal surface. The finger ring is very worn and the upper section of the inscription is worn away. The inscription appears to comprise one word "PORR" or "PURR".
This ring is not diagnostic enough to be confidently attributed to more than 300 years old as such it …
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-60E9D3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy mount dating to the Medieval period. The mount is in the form of a kings head wearing a crown. Smaller mounts of similar form can be found on this database at HESH-52C2E2 and NARC-43D1F5, both of which depict an anthropomorphic head with stylised features similar to this mount. Above the head is a lozenge shaped plate representing a crown, or more likley a mitre representing Thomas Beckett. Cast decoration on the mitre is worn. Two prongs on the reverse are short.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-60AA56
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy leg from a cauldron or skillet. The leg is triangular in cross-section and tapers to a rounded foot. The top is smooth and concave and covered in soot.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-609633
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic flint of light brown colour. Pressure flaked extensively on both sides, the flint is sub-triangular in plan. The form suggest that this is a knife.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LIN-609148
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six pieces of flint debitage. Three are elongated flakes with no retouch; three are suboval flakes with no retouch.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-608267
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper-alloy finger-ring of probable medieval date; the majority of the hoop has been lost as a result of old damage. The bezel is broadly circular in plan. It is sub-biconical in profile, with the taller upper cone truncated and with an inverted conical recess to take a setting; the latter is now missing. On its lower surface the bezel is even further truncated, merely bevelled to a flattened circular centre. The junction of bezel and hoop is on this lower part of the bezel. The hoop is narrow and has a flattened circular cross-section. There is slight 'pinching' on the…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-6077F4
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint knife with inverse retouch on one edge. The knife is elongated and has four main flake scars on the dorsal surface. The flint is mottled dark-brown in colour.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-606C40
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy brooch dating to the 2nd to early 3rd century AD. The brooch is comprised of a flat oval plate that would have been enamelled. In the centre of this plate there is a recess into which an intaglio which is now missing would have been pasted in. No traces of enamelling survive. The projecting lug from the hinge spring is present on the reverse, as is the catchplate, but no pin survives. The brooch is 29.1mm long x 22.1mm wide x 5.2mm thick and weighs 9.3g.
A similar example can be seen in Hattatt (1987, 252; ref. 1207).
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-606A15
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint knife with retouch on one edge. The knife is elongated and has two main flake scars on the dorsal surface. The flint is mottled mid-brown in colour.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-604E74
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four flint flakes of debitage. Two are blade-like but unworked; the other two are irregular but show flake scars.
From left to right: 27x30x7mm; 32x19x9mm; 44x16x9mm; 33x16x4mm; total weight 20.36g.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-604693
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early post medieval cast copper alloy mount or stud dating to the 15th or 16th centuries AD. The mount is cast in one piece in a trefoil shape with moulded decoration on the surface. There is a single pointed lug protruding from the centre of the reverse. The mount is 18.8mm long, 20.4mm wide, 3.2mm thick and weighs 2.7 grams.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-602FA3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper from mid-brown coloured flint. The scraper is fan-shaped and damaged on one side. The distal end is worked, and fine working is noted on the right hand side.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5FF922
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint knife made from dark-brown coloured flint. The knife is crescentric with a flat striking platform. The dorsal surfice is worked all over with retouch on the dorsal and ventral edge.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5F8107
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cast rectangular belt mount, of D shaped section with a rivet hole of 1mm diameter towards each end. The rivet holes are wider, as if countersunk, c.2mm, on the reverse face. It was probably used as a belt stiffener. The convex surface is apparently smoothed by wear. The mount tapers from 3.80mm to 4.28mm wide, it is 13.82mm long x I.91mm thick and weighs 1.2g.
A similar one can been seen at NLM-EC91BO.
Suggested date: Medieval, 1350-1500.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5F6B91
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small knife blade made from mid-brown coloured flint. The flint is elongated, D-shaped in cross-section and has minor retouch on one side of the distal end.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5F54C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dolphin brooch dating to the Roman period. The wings are semi-cylindrical and contains the remains of a copper-alloy spring. The exterior of the wings is decorated of two bands of rope-like moulding. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and incomplete, decorated with a rope-like band on either side.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5F37B7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint knife made from a flake of dark coloured flint. The flake is elongated and has a flat striking platform. There are two main flake scars on the dorsal surface, inverse retouch on one side and a worked notch on the opposite side. Probably earlier Neolithic.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5F0D14
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six flint knives made from long blades. Each is roughly rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section worked along one long edge. Two examples are worked at the proximal end and two have inverse retouch along one edge. The knives are made from mid-brown coloured flint.
Measurements (left to right in photo): 31x14x5; 32x13x6; 37x14x7; 41x16x5; 47x14x9; 47x23x5. Total weight: 25.59g.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5ED858
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, crudely knapped barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. The arrowhead is triangular in plan but retains a thick section on the left side on which some cortex remains. The tang and both barbs are missing.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5EBB47
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap mount dating from the Post-Medieval period. The object is octagonal in plan and raised in the middle (having slightly chamfered edges). Two oval sectioned tapering integral lugs or spikes project from the reverse of the object; one has broken off at the bend, and the other is complete but bent at 90 degrees in the middle. The mount has probably been fastened to a leather belt or strap and the lugs bent over to grip the leather. It is plain on the front. Mounts with two integral fixing rivets or spikes tend to date from the 17th century.
Although a different…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-5DF847
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold figurine of a saint, dating 15th - early 16th century. This figurine has been cast three-dimensionally showing a standing figure in long robes with a beard and a nimbus decorated with radiating lines. The figure is holding a staff with a cross terminal in his left hand and his right hand is raised to just below his beard. On the figure's back there are two raised sections, possibly wings, which project from the top of the shoulders and flow down till level with the lowered hand. The back of the head and the 'wings' are smooth whilst the details of the robe is still…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-5DC0F5
Object type: HINGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver hinge probably from a casket, probably dating to the 14th century. This object is curved, possibly to fit lengthways down a rod or similar. The object has a rectangular terminal which ends in a hinge mechanism, where both arms are perforated for a pin to fit between allowing another element to articulate; then there is an oval section which is decorated with an engraved pattern depicting two interlace beasts facing each other with a central tree, and then there is another smaller rectangular section which rises to a peaked edge down the mid line and finally there i…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5D92A5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Medieval strap end, probably dating from the 14th century. It is sub rectangular in plan, and has a trefoil end with a rounded projection below the trefoil and another narrow oval projection below this. The back plate appears to have broken away just below the first rounded projection. There is a rivet remaining joining the two plates in the middle of the rounded projection, but only the one plate remains below this point and it is broken off with no rivet holes remaining. The strap end has a patchy green patina and has been bent in the plough soil. One side …
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-5D3D93
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The reverse of the head is concave to accommodate the spring mechanism and has an integral loop to hold the spring. The pin no longer remains. The head itself is trumpet shaped and tapers to form the upper bow which extends to a circumferential collar. Below the collar is an elaborate acanthus decoration followed by a second circumferential collar. Extending down from the lower collar is a triangular sectioned lower bow which terminates in a worn break.
The metal has a green patina and is worn. The brooch is 36.48mm…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: FAPJW-5D3376
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 335 to 341. GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers, one standard. As Mint of Lyon.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5D0703
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy seal matrix dating to the medieval period. The seal has an oval face with a hexagonally faceted collar. The loop is oval and has two incised bands around the neck. The face of the seal depicts Mary holding the Christ child, with olive branch below Christ. The inscription surrounding reads: + AVE MARIA GRACIA
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-5CF5D6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval harness pendant, made from copper alloy and decorated with enamel and gilding, dating 12th - early 14th century. This harness pendant is square-shaped with the double loop for suspension projecting from the upper edge. There are traces of iron corrosion around the holes indicating the presence of the original iron pin for attachment. It is decoratively cast with four circular motifs arranged on the cardinal points around a central pellet and a foliate terminal projects between each of the circular motifs forming the points of the square-shape. The north/south circular m…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5CE7E3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A discoidal lead button dating to the late 16th or 17th century. The button is circular, domed and has a flat back with two integral incomplete studs. The button is decorated with four ribbed triangles resembling the sails of a windmill.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: FAPJW-5CCE38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 340 to 341. GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers, one standard. As Mint of Trier. cf. RIC VIII, p. 145, no. 106.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-5CC816
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Roman copper-alloy oval disc brooch. Only half the brooch survives. The brooch was oval and has a upward sloping perimeter of diagonal lines. A pronounced rim runs around the centre and would have surrounded a black stone setting. A catchplate is located on the reverse.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-5BC076
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval copper alloy annular brooch dating 13th - 14th century. This ring brooch is hexagonal in plan with a circular central edge. This inner circular edge is decorated with diagonal stamped lines, creating a rough, twisted rope motif. There are raised pellets spaced equally along the edge which form a pair with pellets on the outer edge. These pellets divide the brooch into sections which fall in the middle of each of the straight edges of the hexagonal outer edge and they correspond with large rounded knops which project from the centre of the outer edge in the middle of each of…
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-379401
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval clipped silver penny. The obverse has a forward facing bust with a key by the neck and the legend: EDW [---]. The reverse has long cross with quatrefoil centre, the legend is unreadable. The coin is probably of Edward IV from the York Episcopal mint (1461-83). A similar example (NLM-8690C4), also from Lincolnshire, can be found on this database.
Created on: Saturday 9th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-256854
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Post Medieval cast lead uniface token. The token carries a design consisting of two concentric rings with a pellet in the centre. The reverse is undecorated. The surface is a matte dark grey colour. The token measures 19.15mm diameter, 3.05mm thick and weighs 4.4g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Medieval in date (1500-1850 AD), those which seem …
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-255DF2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Post Medieval cast lead biface token. The token carries a stylised design of a spread-eagled bird looking right. The reverse has a symbol which is formed by a 6 pointed star made up of lines connected and above a '+' which is sat on an 'n' shape. The token measures 28.33mm diameter, 4.11mm thick and weighs 18g.
Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as use as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. Those carrying initials are generally deemed to be Post Med…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-255977
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Post Medieval knife cap from a scale-tang knife. It is rectangular in plan and sub-oval in cross-section The terminal is undecorated, but both sides are decorated with two grooves in saltire. There is ferrous corrosion in the slot at the attachment end of the terminal - the remains of the iron tang. It measures 14.23mm long, 13.75mm wide, 10.63mm thick and weighs 11g.
Many similar end-caps have been recorded on this database, for example SUR-47FE12 and HAMP-8B4AC5. End-caps such as this example are dated to the 16th century (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-2550F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The remaining wing is semi-cylindrical terminating with an incomplete perforated wing cap. The other wing is missing, and the break is not recent. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The wing is undecorated. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile and is semi-circular in section. The bow head is undecorated. The bow is undecorated and gradually tapers to a broken edge at the approximate mid point. The surface of the brooch has a mid green/grey patina. It measures 20.62mm long, 17.11mm wide across the wings and weighs 4.3g.
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Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-254910
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable cast copper-alloy headstud brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical, but may have originally been tubular and has since been damaged. The interior of the wings reveal a seven coiled spring around an axis bar. The pin is missing. The chord above the spring is held in place by a central hook on the reverse of the upper edge of the wings. The wings are decorated on the outer face with vertical ribbing which continues down the side of the bow head. Integral to the upper edge of the wings is the remains of a lug which was probably originally the loop. The bow head is sub-rectang…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-221D45
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver penny of Athelstan I of East Anglia (c.825-c.845), Portrait type, short cross pattee with a wedge in each angle reverse (new variant), minted by Monn, probably at Ipswich, c.827-830 AD, North (1994:103) 436var.
The coin is damaged with c.15-20% of the outer circle missing due to an old break to one side.
The reverse type on this coin is similar to those on the non portrait types north 441 and 445 (BMC 6).
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-210894
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy
Pilgrim Badge. Cast ampulla retaining one crescentic handle, and with a wall of thickness 1.2mm where this is exposed. A motif on one side comprises a flower with four longitudinally divided petals. The motif on the other side appears to be a crown with a markedly arched band and a prominent central fleur. Patinated overall, and torn at one top corner. An example which is either more complex or better preserved is illustrated by Spencer (1990, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Medieval Catalogue, part 2: pilgrim souvenirs & secular badges, fig. 182), appearing among i…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-20E8A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete but bent and damaged cast copper-alloy Early-medieval small-long brooch. The brooch has a cruciform headplate around a central square with T-shaped arms. The two lateral arms are decorated with three punched ring-and-dot motifs while the upper arm is decorated with stamped V's or X's. Beneath the headplate is an arched bow, carinated in front and slightly hollowed on the reverse, with ribbed mouldings both at the top and bottom, forming faceted corners. The lower bow is flat and is separated from the foot by two raised ribs; the foot expands int a T-shaped terminal…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: LON-20BEB7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Roman (43-100AD) cast copper alloy skirted terret harness fitting. The terret is formed in one piece with a sub-rectangular plate which is slightly convex; from the front of which protrudes an irregularly shaped, 10mm high knop. A semi-circular attachment loop protrudes from the reverse. The terret is 31.5mm long, 24.1mm wide3.5mm thick and weighs 24.3 grams. A similar example can be seen on the database: SUSS-88A144
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-20B008
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Brooch. Nauheim Derivative, possibly Mackreth (2011) class 4b2, which is defined as being distinguished by fluting down the bow. One piece brooch with pin, three coiled spring and a narrow straight-sided bow tapered at its end, with an integral unpierced catch-plate. The diagnostic fluting amounts to pronounced borders to a rectangular section bow, with a central longitudinal rib flanked by gutters, all giving out at the pointed foot where the catch-plate lies. The angular section is also a feature of the pin, and a distinctive feature of the brooch; there being at one …
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-20A154
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with traces of gilding
Crucifix. Flat straight-armed crucifix with an apical loop for suspension. Both sides bear motifs in stamped low relief. On one side is the crucified Christ, draped at the waist and haloed, with scroll above. The other side bears the motif of a rayed Eucharistic host and chalice, and the legend THY / KING / DOM /COME - from the Lord's Prayer - with one syllable on each of the four arms of the cross.
The emphasis on the Eucharist and the kingship of Christ would probably make this a Roman Catholic or High Anglican piece; as Catholic devotion onl…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-203E01
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy casket key, dating to the medieval period. The key has a circular open bow with an oval shank and a simple bit with hollow tip. The bit has a notch to the front and back but otherwise the object is plain and utilitarian. This style of keys dates from c. AD 1250-1500.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-203B22
Object type: DISH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery
Rim Sherd. Dales Ware. Rim from a dish of [type] Gillam form 157. Wallace Collyer notes some uncertainty as to the place of manufacture and the nature of temper used in the fabric. This sherd was kindly identified by Helen Fry, Hazel West and Sandra Firth of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Suggested date: Late Roman, 250-400.
Weight: 7.58gms.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-200790
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy lozenge-shape plate brooch, likely to date to the Roman period and more specifically c. 2nd century AD. The brooch is lozenge-shaped in plan with double lobes protruding from each of the four corners; the centre of the brooch has a raised lozenge-shaped boss, the middle of which is decorated with ribbed lines and a secondary, inner boss of the same shape. The reverse of the brooch is plain, but there is a slight recess beneath the boss. The hinge lobe is in place as is the remains of an iron pin or iron rivet to hold a pin in place. The catchplate is incomplete and…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-1ED791
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, probably tinned
Probable Mount fragment. Cast flat-backed plate with cross-hatched central field of lozenges in relief and seven concave settings, three on one side and four on the other; a circular boss at one end of the object has a similar central setting. The hatched surface appears intended to afford grip, so this may be an ornamental fitting for a knife, brush or tool handle. The boss bears concentric milled lines suggesting machine finishing. An apparently unassociated white metal disc with flange was submitted with this object, and is of similar recent date. S…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-1EC018
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description A crumpled and torn fragment of sheet gold with engraved geometric decoration comprising three bands of double zigzags separated by two plain zones; the zones are each bounded by three longitudinal engraved lines and the edges by four. The decoration is well executed. Two straight edges are present and these appear to be parallel.
Maximum dimensions: Length 25.5mm; Width 12.2mm; Thickness 0.1mm; Weight 1.35 grams. The width when intact would be approximately 22mm.
Analysis: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of a fragment of sheet gold ornament wi…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th April 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-0FE513
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end. In plan the strap end is an elongated sub-oval. The strap end has decoration on the upper plate which has an abraded animal head terminal. Behind the head there is a single panel depicting an elongated triple stranded 'X' shape formed by to crescents back-to-back. These are linear and ribbed. In the fields around this 'X' shape there are further small blocks. In profile the strap end appears to be solid at the zoomorphic terminal, but then does divide into two plates, forming a slim 'Y' profile. This divided terminal is abraded, and there are the remains…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0E5A94
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness fitting of probable medieval to post medieval date. It consists of a 13mm scallop decorated strap fitting connected to a 12mm offset loop by an 11mm semi-circular sectioned bar. The bar has two decorative raised collars at the junction with the strap fitting end. The reverse is both plain and flat. Probably a bit-link to attach the reins to the cheek piece.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-0E55A1
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval dress-fitting in the form of a raised circular mount with a cabled border within a serrated edge. At the centre is engraved a representation of St Peter holding a large key against a gilded hatched background. The figure of St Peter appears black, possibly due to the oxidisation of the silver. A fitting is soldered to the reverse in the shape of an elongated S.
The dress-fitting is silver-gilt and dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure u…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0D3D88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down type, cAD25-60. The brooch has a hinged pin retained within a cylindrical housing and attached to a short iron bar. Along the centre of the spine are three notched ridges which extend almost to the top of the catchplate. The foot is out-turned and D-shaped. The pin is missing.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0D34C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman cast copper alloy circular plate brooch. The brooch has a diameter of c22.26mm although the extreme edges are mostly missing. The centre of the disc is slightly hollowed and the rounded rim is slightly raised. In the centre is a circular patch which may be the stub of a separate fitting; there is a corresponding circle on the back. The brooch has been cast in a high tin content alloy and has a white metal coating, probably tin. The intact pin is in a different alloy.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0C8A16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy brooch of Early to Middle Iron Age date, Hallstatt Group L, c600-400BC. The brooch has a fat rounded body, hollowed on the back. At the upper end is an integral transverse circular-section bar (half of which is missing, and originally c20mm in length) which is partly decorated with encircling grooves. The head of the brooch is decorated with similar grooves arranged in a chevron formation. The head also has two rounded pits, one of which still retains a little red material (enamel or perhaps coral). On the back of the head are studs for the missing spring and pin. …
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 28th July 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0C6256
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount dating to cAD1000-1100. The mount belongs to Williams' Class A Type 12 and is diamond shaped with four apertures and rounded bosses at each intersection as well as in the centre. The hole in the flange has broken through. The patina is now dark brown.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0BA895
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small collection of 8 flint objects belonging to the neolithic period (c5000 to 2000BC).
The group consists of:
Two awls or borers made from thick secondary flakes of mottled dark grey flint. The larger example measures 47.45mm x 33.53mm.
One large end scraper made on a large blade of opaque light grey flint (c48.71mm x 46.23mm).
One side scraper made on a mottled grey flint blade (40.95mm x 22.52mm).
Four flakes, one of which shows signs of secondary working.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0B84E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Roman dupondius or as of cAD43-250. All the surface is missing save for a patch on the obverse which shows the back of the head.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0B5AA7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy artefact of uncertain date, probably a mount, possibly of Medieval date. It consists of a triangular piece of sheet copper alloy with a single, central, square headed rivet. At the base of the triangle is a broken projection that appears to be the remains of an oval loop. The mount has a light green patina. It is 22.4mm long, 13.2mm wide and 4.6mm thick at the rivet. The sheet alloy is 1.3mm thick.It weighs 0.7gm.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0AFC71
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy foot fom a vessel of Roman date. The foot is lunate (peltate) and would have formed one of three soldered to the base of a round-bottomed bowl.
WAW-18C577 is very similar.
Crummy illustrated a similar artefact as #2051 (1983, p73, fig 76) described as a possible vessel foot, and dated to Period 3 ( c. 60 - c.80 AD). This identification has been confirmed by the discovery of a complete strainer bowl from part of the Wheathampstead burial group (2002 T83), Hertfordshire. The base displays three feet of this style, attached flat to the base, with the peltate tips …
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-0AE337
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, gilded and enamelled T-shaped plaque which comes from the left arm of a processional cross of 13th century date. A small part of the lower arm is missing. Three rivet holes are present. The plaque was produced at the Limoges enamel factory in Aquitaine, southwest France, and shows a winged and nimbate figure, probably intended to be St Mark.
The plaque is very worn and only a small amount of gilding and enamel survives. Surviving patches of enamel are in dark blue and perhaps green.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0AC8C2
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman toilet implement. It consists of a circular sectioned shaft, tapering to a point at one end and having a small, flat oval section at the other. It has a smooth, light green patina and is 65.8mm long, 6.3mm wide and 3.3mm thick. It weighs 3.91gm
Similar implements are illustrated in Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, Catalogue of Small Finds From South Shields Roman Fort, page 171.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0A79D2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy probable mount likely to date from the Post Medieval period. It is circular in plan and The front is decorated with a design of an animal's face, possibly a goat, in relief. The centre of the face is obscured by iron corrosion, but two ears and a tuft of hair can be seen above and the nose can be seen below. There is also a raised border. Iron also projects from the sides of the object, and on the reverse are three protruding iron blobs. These suggest that the mount was attached by iron fittings. The reverse is plain and flat apart from the iron. The lead has a well …
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-0A0662
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete early Medieval Norman silver penny of Stephen (AD 1135-1154). 'Watford Type', c. 1136-1145. Obverse depicts crowned bust facing right holding sceptre left; obverse legend reads: STIEFN(E) R[EX]. Reverse depicts long cross pattee with fleur in each quadrant and all inside quattrefoil; reverse legend: [G]ODPINE.ON.[...]. Slightly double-struck on reverse. There is a Godwine at Chichester, Lincoln, Norwich, however no Godpine is listed as moneyer for this type. It is possible, therefore, that this is a misspelling of the name Godwine or less likely that this is a new money…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-09F5B0
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount dating from 1250 - 1400 AD. It is square in plan and domed in profile with a hollow reverse. In the centre of the reverse is a single integral mounting spike. Projecting from the lower edge of the mount is a tab with a wide slot through the middle, which is folded back on itself to form two loops or hinges from which the harness pendant would have hung. The axis bar does not survive but the holes are full of corrosion. The front of the mount has traces of gilding surviving. Another mount of similar style but wider is SUR-46FAE4.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-09E2D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a late Iron Age to Early Roman, cast copper alloy brooch of the Birdlip type, dating from 50BC-50AD. Only the central part of the brooch remains, the top of the bow, the pin and the foot are missing and only a small part of the catchplate survives. The remaining portion of the upper part of the bow is triangular in section. Just below the break at the top is a semicircular collar, divided into two by a transverse groove. The lower part of the collar is wider than the upper part and is stepped. Below this is a constriction then a single moulded beak projecting forwards.…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-09DB32
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy buckle, pin and plate. It is a Meols Type 4 buckle frame dating from the late 14th century, with a lipped, projecting point at the apex as a pin rest, and a narrowed and offset bar. The cast pin has a collar and is bent into a loop round the bar. The plate is rectangular with a concave attachment end, folded to form two recessed hinges. Most of the back plate is missing. There are three dome headed rivets; two at the attachment end, and one in the centre of the plate. The plate and frame show traces of gilding.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-09C5F2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy single-loop buckle frame with attached but separately cast copper alloy buckle plate; the pin is missing.
The frame is D-shaped in plan and has a narrowed and offset strap bar with lobed knops at each end. The sides of the frame widen from 2.6mm by the bar to 6.7mm at the apex. The frame is angled steeply upwards, at 50 to 60 degrees to the strap bar and plate but with a narrow flat flange round the outer edge which is in the same plane as the plate. The flange is scalloped round the outer edge, with five lobes and small points between them. It is a…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-09ACD3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy annular brooch of Medieval date. The brooch frame is hexagonal and has six forward projecting conical collets. The frame is shaped to the collets. The collets are equally spaced and integral. The settings are empty but still contain a white paste (possibly calcium carbonate) which would have held a stone in place. A pin constriction survives between two of the collets but the pin is missing. The metal is a mid greenish-grey colour, suggesting a white metal coating. A similar brooch can be seen in Egan & Pritchard, p249, Fig: 160. Compare also
YORYM-1924C6, NM…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-098FB1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Post Medieval buckle dating from 1550 - 1650 AD. Only half of the double looped frame survives. The kidney shaped loop has a moulded rosette at the apex and smaller rosettes at each end of the strap bar. The pin and plate are missing The metal is very corroded and thin. Compare number 410 on page 66 of Whitehead's Buckles.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-097194
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy probable bracelet of possible late Roman date, AD200-410. From its small size, it was probably made for a child. It consists of an oval loop, of D shaped section, the upper surface slightly rippled and pitted. The loop tapers towards each end; the ends are overlapped, but not fastened together, neither is there any clasp or other fastening. Most of the patina has been stripped, with a brassy surface showing. Elsewhere the bracelet displays a dark brown patina. It is 40.1mm long, 5mm wide and 27mm thick. It weighs 5.05gm.
A similar bracelet can be found on t…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-096AA2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a bent strap end of probable Medieval date. It is sub rectangular with the closed end rounded. The other end is broken. The metals is grey and corroded, with any details obscured by corrosion. The white corrosion may suggest a white metal coating.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-094864
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of four Post Medieval musket balls or pistol shot. Three are spherical. The fourth is larger and one face is concave, with the casting line running across the surviving outer face. This is probably the result of impact when being fired.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-092683
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy spindle whorl of uncertain date, but possibly Roman. It is semi-spherical in shape with a slightly concave upper face and a domed lower face. This shape is consistent with whorls thought to be Roman in Walton Rogers (2007). The central hole tapers from 9.5mm on the upper face to 7mm on the domed face. It is full of soil.
It is 12.61mm in thickness, 29.83mm in diameter and weighs 54.26 grams.
Lead alloy spindle whorls are very difficult to date as few are found in datable contexts.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0916F2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, Roman mount, probably dating from the second century AD. It consists of a crescent of metal, the terminals of which are joined together by three pellets to create an off-centre, circular perforation. In the centre of the crescent, on the reverse, is an integral, circular shank; the end of this shank has broken away and is missing. The mount has a light green patina. It is 12.7mm long, 12.2mm wide and 6.4mm thick. It weighs 1.2gm.
A similar, but less ornate mount is illustrated in Allason-Jones and Miket, 1984, Catalogue of Small Finds From South Shields Roman F…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-089E51
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, possibly a harness fitting of some sort. The object is a broken loop, one side of which is a flat bar. The loop is vertical when the bar rests flat on a table. The bar continues beyond the loop at one end, but is broken. The other end blends in to the curve of the loop. The bar is oval in plan and flat in section. The loop is D shaped in section and is distorted before the patinated break. The object may be some form of terret or rein guide. The condition of the metal and the style suggest a Post Medieval date. The flat reverse of the bar has patches…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0883D1
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy box or casket mount dating from the Medieval period. It is an elongated rectangle in plan, but has been bent at 45 degrees and twisted post deposition. At the complete end is a zoomorphic terminal in the form of an animal head. It has a wide snub snout, concave cheeks, and bulging rounded ears. The eyes are incised ovals, and a lozenge design with a central line is incised on the ears and back of the head. Benhind the head, the neck narrows and flattens into a D shaped section. There is a circule attachment hole and then the rest of the mount is moulded into segments, r…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-085777
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lead alloy flat weight which is octagonal in plan and rectangular in section (flat). It probably dates from the Late Medieval or Post Medieval period. Oe face is marked in the centre with an indistinct stamp, possibly 2 in Roman numerals (II) or even II 2/1. The weight has a mass of 2.2oz, so may have been intended as a two ounce or 2 and a half ounce weight. It has a well developed white patina. Compare WMID-79E7F6 and SWYOR-486C72.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-084013
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Medieval (1066-1500) two-piece swivel, consisting of one of probably originally two oval frames each with an oval cross-sectioned D-shaped loop ending in zoomorphic terminals attached to a circular loop in the centre (which retains a heavily corroded iron shaft).
The animal moulding is stylized and triangular in cross-section, with ridges for ears, brow ridge and snout. The mouth is clasping the circular loop through which the iron pin passes. Originally, the pin would have joined the loop to another similar loop allowing the two to swivel.
Suc…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-07FB14
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead
Possible Metal Working Debris. Fragment of a partly-melted plate or panel; possibly associated with glazing, as a stepped edge may represent a gutter for glazing. Partly melted, so either recycled or from a bonfire. The unpatinated state of the metal indicates a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1950.
Length: 36.6mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 16.58gms
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-07F885
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sword belt fitting of Post-Medieval date. It has a sub triangular plate with a trilobate terminal at one end and two smaller projecting lobes at the other from which extend an integrally cast hook. The hook is U-shaped in form, circular in section and curves forwards terminating in a zoomorphic terminal. On the front face of the plate and lobes is very fine moulded foliate (vine leaf) decoration, with a border of incised squares. There are the remains of two central iron rivets visible, one positioned at each end of the plate. The back face is flat and unde…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-07E8F4
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead
Possible Furniture Fitting. Cast object with flat base bearing a central fixing aperture of diameter 5.3mm and depth 7.8mm. The object appears to represent the thumb and four fingers of a (left) hand clutching an object - the finger ends and putative object are lost. Where the palm might be expected, however, relief modelling depicts three strands each bearing a series of circular features resembling ring and dot, of diameter 2.5mm. The object is cracked across the base of its fingers, and is patinated overall.
The hand clutching object - whether pearl, grape or other fruit -…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-07DB03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver coin: a cut farthing of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Trefoil Quadrilateral type (1046 - 1048), moneyer probably Osferth at Lincoln. It is 13.2mm long, 9.3mm wide and 0.7mm thick. It weighs 0.33gm.
For reference, see North, volume 1, number 817. Only one other coin of this type and moneyer has been found on either EMC or PAS databases: see EMC number 1996.0249.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-07CE14
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy wedge shaped unidentified object of probable Post Medieval date. It is sub rectangular in plan (slightly curved sideways) and rectangular in section. In profile it is a slightly T shaped wedge. One end is flattened and hammered. The other is broken but tapers to a wide point. Part of the broken end is rolled up. This object may have been a small splitter or chisel, but it seems much too short. It may also have been used as a stud in a large wooden object. The patina is dark grey green and suggests a Post Medieval to modern date, as do the sharp edges and corners.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-07ABE7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic polished flint axehead. Lenticular in section, polished overall but with shaping scars still visible. Cutting edge curved and sharp, sides tapering towards narrow, straight butt. There is relatively fresh damage in the form of a large natural flake at the cutting edge on one face, and a small flake at the butt end revealing pale yellow-brown flint. The surface of the flint is patinated pale grey with few iron stains. Length 203mm, width 76mm, thickness 55mm. Weight 968g. Similar to NHER 56013 and also PAS (NMS-4C43C4). 3000-2351 BC.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-078B83
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy harness ring which probably dates from the medieval or post medieval period (Geake 2001). Very functional objects like this are difficult to date since their design does not change. It is circular in shape, with hexagonal section. There is no visible wear, and there are file marks. For a similar example see SWYOR-8F2123.The patina is grey suggesting a high tin content.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-072780
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast, copper alloy artifact, possibly a mount, probably of post-medieval date. It consists of a flat, narrow shaft of rectangular section, flat on the underside and slightly beveled on the upper surface, one end of which terminates in a pair of sloping, triangular side projections. This gives the appearance of an arrow head, though it is impossible to be certain as both ends of the artifact have broken off in antiquity and are missing. The end opposite the "arrow" is bent upwards, but this is probably damage rather than intentional. The artifact is silvered and a large perce…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-06DFE6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified, cast copper alloy artefact. It consists of a small ring, internal diameter 8.9mm, which widens out into a lozenge shaped bezel. The bezel is not symmetrical, extending further to one side of the ring than the other. It also slopes upwards from the shoulders to create a rounded, ridge along the centre. A small portion at the shorter end of the bezel has broken off in antiquity and is missing. The bezel is decorated with a pair of shallow grooves running around the outer edge. The artifact has a dark brown patina. It is 16.1mm wide and 13.8mm in diameter. It weighs 2.65…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-06CD41
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy plate, dating to the 17th century. This plate has a very broad flange and small recessed centre. The rim has a rope twist edge and the flange is decorated with foliate scrolling which encloses a plain and beaded cartouche with forms a maker's mark. The inscription inside the cartouche is unclear but it looks like it may be GG, with the two G's addorsed and one G upside down and a crescent above and a pellet below. There is a five-petalled double rose in the centre and the calyx points extend beyond and between the outer row of petals. The central pe…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-068890
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast iron hammer head probably dating to the 17th century. This is a claw hammer head with a rectangular socket for the handle and a conical head at one end and angled split end at the other. The conical head is decoratively case with bands of ridges and grooves along the neck. There are also decorative grooves on each side of the socket, near the edges. The iron is in reasonable condition with a few small areas of rust developing on the surface. There are no visible maker's marks.
A similar example is recorded on the database as LON- 94C927, which Tony Pi…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-065AD4
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast iron hammer head probably dating to the 17th century. This is a claw hammer head with a rectangular socket for the handle and a conical head at one end and angled split end at the other. The conical head has a faceted neck. The iron is in reasonable condition with no rust developing on the surface. There are no visible maker's marks. There is some wear or damage on the outer corners of the split end.
A similar example is recorded on the database as LON- 94C927, which Tony Pilson identified as dating to the 17th century.
Dimensions: length: 116.71m…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-065298
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy mount depicting a crown, probably from a harness and probably dating to the 15th century. The mount comprises a horizontal bar with three uprights projecting from the upper edge. The outer two angle slightly outwards at an obtuse angle and have a bifoliate terminal; the central upright has a trifoliate terminal and it projects above the outer two. It is very similar to the crowns on Medieval coinage. On the reverse there are three integral bent over spikes for attachment.
A very similar example is recorded on the database as NMS-16C974. This one was disc…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-041F02
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy pot hanger, dating mid to late 17th century. This includes the saw-toothed adjustable ratchet or trammel with 11 straight-sided teeth, hanger, curving hook and suspension loop. The front surface is decorated with moulded chevrons extending down the length of the ratchet and along the arm. The chevrons on one side are infilled with cross hatching and on the other side they are three pellets arranged in a triangular pattern. The chevrons across the arm have the same cross hatching but they only have one pellet in the opposing chevrons. At the junction…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-041951
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age blue and white glass bead with copper alloy ring, probably dating 800BC - AD100. The bead is circular with a single, large perforation through the centre. The bead is blue glass with raised knops which are decorated with spirals of white glass. There are single knops alternate with pairs of knops around the outer surface of the bead. The bead is threaded on a copper alloy ring. The ends of the ring slightly overlap each other.
The finder found a parallel on display in the British Museum, Room 50, it is labelled "Norbury bead".
Dimensions of the bead: thickness: …
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-03D4E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post medieval copper alloy signet ring with merchant's mark. The ring has an octagonal bezel with a flat face, engraved with a merchant's mark with the letters 'II' above (or below), within a border of stamped dots and then a thicker border of recessed beading. The bezel is surrounded by two rows of angled facetting; six of these facets then follow into the band. The band has an additional edge facet on each side (so has 5 facets and a further flat internal surface). It measures 28.2mm length x 25.6mm width x 13.3mm thickness x 20.2mm internal diameter and weighs 14.21g.…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F7F627
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval gilded and enamelled copper alloy harness fitting, either a hook or banner style, dating late 13th - 14th century. The decorative section of the fitting is lozenge shaped, and enamelled on both sides. One side has blue enamel panels in a chequeboard formation (lozengy), alternating with the gilded metal; the other face is recessed with fragments of red enamel apart from five rectangles, one central and one in each angle which again are gilded copper alloy (billety). From one corner of the lozenge extends an intregal attachment. There is a pyramid-shaped collar …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F76F63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummi (6) of Valens, reverse SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE type, two illegible, two either mint of Arles or Lyons with OF in left hand field of reverse, two mint of Arles with -/-//[..]CON and -/-//TCON mintmarks, further details illegible, 364-78
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-F760A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (1400-1700) copper alloy rectangular buckle frame, missing its pin (and possibly plate). It measures 26.94x36.57x9.27mm (internal loop measurements c.8mm and 10mm x c.30mm) and weighs 11.10g.
The frame has a thickened outer edge decorated with a groove flanking each side of it and diagonal grooves between. There is iron staining on the axis bar, suggesting the pin was iron. The edges are set at an angle to the bar, giving a V-shaped profile in cross-section.
A similar rectangular buckle frame but with 'rabbetted' edges is noted fr…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F73C85
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval - Post Medieval silver pin probably dating c. 15th - 17th century. The pin has been made in two pieces with the shank passing through the globular, spherical head. The head is decorated with curving, radiating grooves. There is no collar at the junction between the head and the shaft. There is a slight curve to the shaft.
Dimensions: length: 43.31mm; diameter of head: 5.77mm; diameter of shaft: 1.43mm; weight: 1.22g.
As the finger ring is greater than 300 years old and is more than 10% silver it fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F71237
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy chair back in two pieces probably dating mid - late 16th century. This is an almost complete back with integrally cast side or 'arm' panels from a multi-component three-dimensional chair. Both the side panels are broken but one is still present and the other is missing. This chair back has been flat-cast in one piece with mouldings on one side only (the reverse is flat). The side panels are attached just below the semi-circular crest at the top of the chair back. The crest is decorated with an openwork border of S-scrolls flanking a cross and this e…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F6AC40
Object type: POKER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Possible Fireside Implement Handle. Cast openwork object comprising a loop at either end with a stem uniting them. The larger loop is subdivided and reinforced by a thin rod springing from a flower bud, and bears a collared socket of internal diameter 4.7mm; the smaller loop is open, perhaps serving for suspension of the object, and has a flat-ended collared terminal at the equivalent position. Loops and stem are alike decorated with vegetal swags, florets and billeted borders. The object is now bent so as to bring the loops to a roughly side-by-side position. Suggeste…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F6A980
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval cast copper alloy, gilded or silvered and enamelled harness pendant. The pendant is quatrefoil with projecting points in each angle. Centrally there is a left-facing lion regardant against a red enamelled field and with four additional red inlays in the corner projections. Each lobe contains a now corroded and distorted lys on a blue enamel background. It measures and weighs
Nick Griffith suggests that enamelled harness pendants date from c. 1250 to 1400 AD (Clarke 1995, 62).
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-F6A687
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy later Iron Age or early Roman bow brooch of Birdlip type. What survives is the upper part and a fragment of the bow. The fragment includes the prominent 'beak' as well as the dished housing for the spring. Benind the housing is a prominent collar and a wide rounded groove. A series of notches decorates a semi-circular 'plate' above the beak.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F6A171
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy knife end cap, with zoomorphic terminal, dating to the 16th century. There is a slot in the base of the end cap to receive the scale tang of the knife. Iron corrosion fills this slot. The end cap has been decoratively cast to form a three-dimensional beast's head with open mouth and projecting tongue. There are two circular depressions to depict the eyes then there are radiating grooves extending from the brow, down the back of the head and neck.
Similar zoomorphic terminals are published on the database e.g.HESH-819F63 and HESH-81AF11, although th…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-F69DF4
Object type: FIRE FENDER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy with black paint or polish
Hearth Fitting. Cast terminal with a screw threaded socket of diameter 3.3mm. The object is modelled three dimensionally after rectilinear Classical architectural forms, with a basal collar, an expanded surface with vertical leaf ornament capped by an entablature. Above this, the object is narrowed with an angled surface decorated by billeted ornament, a bordered band of pellet or ovulo decoration, and a flat top. Thick black material may be either paint, enamel or stove blacking; the object has a patinated surface where this coating has spal…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F69D92
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy knife end cap, decoratively cast in a fleur de lys pattern, dating to the 16th century. There is a slot in the base to receive the iron scale tang of the knife. This slot contains traces of iron corrosion. The end cap has been cast to form a stylised fleur de lys with grooves dividing the three petals of the fleur de lys and there is another groove running around the base of the end cap.
Similar knife end caps are recorded on the database, e.g. WMID-79BDE5.
Dimensions: length: 13.93mm; width: 12.24mm; thickness: 7.15mm; weight: g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F699F2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy knife end cap, decoratively cast in a tri-lobed shape, dating to the 16th century. The bottom of the end cap is circular in plan and has the slot to receive the iron scale tang of the knife. Iron corrosion fills this slot. The sides of the end cap have moulded decoration which forms a tri-lobed pattern. Each of the lobes has a raised fan-shaped section with radiating lines echoing the shape of a scallop shell. There is a groove between each of these lobes. The top of the end cap is triangular in plan.
Dimensions: length: 9.64mm; width: 12.50mm; …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-F69286
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and glass amethyst stone, possibly gilded
Brooch. Cast sub-rectangular back plate with a square frame overlaid; the corners of the latter project from the centre of each side of the back plate. A round boss of diameter 3.3mm is set at each angle of each of the two intersecting squares. A separate beaded setting retains a purple coloured translucent stone, probably of plano-convex form; the convex surface was apparently decorated with radial lines, though the stone is now shattered. Traces of gilding remain on the display face. The end of a hinged pin fastening remains …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-F68F48
Object type: BELL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bell-shaped object of uncertain date. The body of the 'bell' is bullet-shaped and has an integral rounded loop. On the exterior there is a low collar near the rim and above this there is a band of shallow rounded triangular indentations. On the interior there appears to be a hole, perhpas for the attachment of a clapper.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F66A73
Object type: BOWL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy
Bowl fragments. Thirteen scraps from the body of a small cast bowl, including two attached feet and a fragment of a third, now detached. The outer surface bears a complex Neo-Classical design incorporating birds, flowers and cherub-like figures framed by floral or vegetal swags; the escutcheons for the feet are likewise decorated with florets and leaf motifs. The lower side of the bowl was apparently plain. Patinated or corroded within, the decorated outer face is unpatinated. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Length of largest fragment: 47mm, Thickness (wall of bowl)…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F66988
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Neolithic polished stone axe or adze made from a volcanic tuff, probably from the Cumbrian Fells, probably Langdale. Only the butt of the axe survives and it is unusually thin and pointed.
The fragment is sub triangular in plan. At the wide end is has a straight edge, a break, but patinated to the same colour as the rest of the object.There are very neat side facets which show that the object must be deliberately made. The pointed end tapers in both thickness and width. A diagonal facet across the very tip may be wear or intentional working.
The butt shape perhaps …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-F660E6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Mount. Cast openwork plate with stamped decoration comprising an ovulo border and floral or vegetal scrolls; a patch of solder and a spot of possible brazing on the back suggest this was fixed to another object. A U-shaped clip bent at right angles on the back may have assisted this fastening. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Height: 37.3mm, Width: 57.6mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 7.18gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F65E87
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval cast copper alloy horse harness pendant hanger mount. The mount has a horizontal bar with a rounded knop projecting from both ends. Before these knops the bar widens slightly and circular attachment holes are separated from the bar by double cusps. From the centre of the bar a U shaped suspension device extends downwards; one half of this extension is broken but the remaining arm is in the form of a lug with a central piercing. The reverse of the mount is flat and undecorated.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn.
Similar excavated bar hanger…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-F63675
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger ring with an inscription on the exterior. Below is the Treasure report for the item:
Description
A medieval gold finger-ring, the hoop in the form of a flattened band, inscribed * all : T : ioe : : in : T : god: ('all joy in god'). The two T letters probably signify the Tau cross, the symbol of St Anthony, who was thought to protect against St Anthony's fire, or holy fire, a form of ergot poisoning.
Dimensions
Diameter: 21mm.
Width: 4.5mm.
The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F58FD4
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plate from a copper alloy Medieval strap end dating from 1270 - 1450 AD. The plate is tongue shaped with a scalloped attachment edge and round grooved aperture flanked by a copper alloy rivet with a flat head on each side. The closed end is pointed and has a projecting pointed tip. The reverse shows a scar where the forked spacer was soldered. The metal is grey green and probably has a high tin content. Compare number 653 and 654 on page 142 of Egan and Pritchard's Dress Accessories.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-F50626
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy mount of probable Post Medieval date. The mount consists of three domed circles in a trefoil pattern. The reverse has a rectangular protrusion between two of the circles. The domes are hollow inside. The object weighs 14.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F37455
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A coin has been recovered from the site of a previous find (2011T544). It is a silver half-crown of King Charles I, initial mark triangle, in production 1439-40, wt: 14.75 g. It therefore fits in well with the coins of the previous find, which were:
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
1. Shilling martlet (1560-1) 5.78g
2. Sixpence coronet (1567-70) 1567 2.98g
Charles I (1625-49)
3. Half-crown anchor (1638-9) N2211 14.96g
4. Half-crown star (1640-1) N2211 14.65g
In my report of 2011 I suggested: 'This group may be the whole of a small group lost or deposited at this period…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F33936
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable medieval copper alloy dagger or knife pommel or end cap. It is sub-cuboid, with angled sides which create two opposing trapezoidal faces. On the inner face of the pommel is an integral attachment 'tang' or spike. None of the rest of the object survives. The pommel is covered in a thick green-grey patina, measures and weighs.
The patination and uneven shape suggests a medieval date (c.1200-1500 AD).
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F2E691
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The matrix, which has a worn handle and suspension loop, is engraved with the head of a woman, facing forward, within a single beaded border. The head is framed by a wimple fitting closely round the face. This wimple bears incised zig-zag decoration. Small sprigs are engraved left and right of the head. The tapering hexagonal handle (with vestigial, rounded facets) has a single pieced pointed suspension loop, above a single transverse moulding.
The height of the matrix is 24.9mm; matrix oval 15 x 15.8mm; weight 8.9g.
The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th January 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F28CA5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy
Probable Mount. Cast low relief flat-backed mount in a Classical idiom, representing a fanged mask with wide-open mouth, heavy brows and tresses of long hair. The piece is influenced by Renaissance forms, though has a slightly disturbing aspect which it shares with a number of locally produced pieces of broadly contemporary date. A possibly drilled apical aperture of diameter 5mm probably served for attachment, perhaps along with another fixing which has indented the back; if used for suspension this loop would tend to make the object hang sideways, and it is not worn a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-F282F3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Two Button fragments. Pair of cast flat discs from the fronts of composite buttons, of diameter 17.2mm and 14.0mm; the larger retains traces of a rim and gliding, and both show a scar on the back where a separate loop has been lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Combined Weight: 3.73gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F27A75
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or Lead Alloy
Possible Scabbard Chape. Cast U-shaped object which was apparently open at its flat end. A pair of circular bosses were apparently formed by stamping with a hollow rod, and confer a slightly anthropomorphic appearance; these may, if the identification offered is sustained, have represented rivets fastening the object in place. An alternative identification as the lid of a powder flask might also be entertained. Suggested date: Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1200-1700.
Length: 21.8mm, Width: 23.4mm, Thickness: 6.7mm, Weight: 17.62gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-F26556
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy scabbard chape probably dating 14th - 15th century. This scabbard chape is made from sheet metal where the ends slightly overlap on the back surface. The front edge is serrated with two triangular sections cut out to form a central point and two side points. The back edge is slightly curving and has six holes pierced along the edge. There is a large circular hole cut out from the front of the chape, just below the front edge. The chape has been crushed and there is some damage to the bottom.
Read (2001:83) lists similar examples for which he suggests…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F25D00
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead
Weight. Cast plano-convex or bun shaped weight with paired angled apertures, probably made by using a pair of nail shanks as formers when casting the object. These could enable use as a suspended or steelyard weight, while a trace of iron on the convex face may be the remains of an iron suspension loop. The paired apertures and the possible loop stub confer a somewhat zoomorphic appearance, resembling an otter's snout, which is probably misleading. The weight is close of five ounces in either the Roman or averdepois systems of measurement. Suggested date: Unknown, possibly Rom…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F253B7
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead
Button. Cast plano-convex or conical button with an irregularly spaced group of four indentations on its front, and a deeper sub-rectangular hollow 5mm across on the back where a separate loop has been lost. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700.
Diameter: 26.4mm, Thickness: 8.7mm, Weight: 26.01gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-F24A97
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal and copper alloy
Three Button fragments. A flat discoid button with a boss on the back, of diameter 18.5mm, and retaining a drawn wire loop; a concavo-convex back from a composite button, of diameter 24.3mm with the stub of wire loop; and a composite plano-convex button of diameter 20.6mm with a front decorated by a floral spray on a finely lined ground, the latter retaining traces of gilding; there are indistinct traces of a maker's legend on the back, and a wire loop. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950.
Combined Weight: 12.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F219A6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, possibly tinned
Bell fragment. Cast shard from a hemispherical bell of estimated diameter 60mm, with a stepped edge to its mouth, a feature which might enable this to join with another hemisphere. The surface appears grey as if tinned, though it is possible that this is merely the result of the use of a tin rich alloy appropriate to bell making. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.
Height: 27.7mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 7.95gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F139C5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver finger ring of Roman date. Only one shoulder of the ring survives. It is flat, rectangular in section, and shaped like a figure of eight. The shoulder is decorated with a single groove running along the centre from the edge of the bezel to the hoop. The hoop thickens slightly before it is broken, making it more oval in section. The metal has a grey colour, with spots of green corrosion, probably from a nearby object. The breaks are worn.
As the object is made of silver and is more than 300 years old, it meets the requirements of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-F0D6C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Medieval coin; a styca, probably an irregular styca from Pirie's Phase II Group D and dating from 843 - 855 AD. The legends have large lettering but do not seem to make sense. The edges of the coin are unusually square.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th July 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F04671
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus of the third or fourth centuries AD. Unknown issuer; unknown mint; unknown reverse type. Due to severe surface abrasion further information cannot be supplied for this coin; however, it is possible to see a diademed bust facing right in the style of the House of Constantine or similar dynasties of the period.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E56CB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 4th century nummus. The design and legend on the obverse and reverse of the coin are too worn to be legible.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E510E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy sestertius, probably of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (161-180). The obverse has a curly headed bust right with the legend. The reverse has a standing figure, the legend is illegible.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E4F524
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A round seal matrix manufactured from cast copper alloy and probably dating from the medieval period (c.1200-1450). The object has a tapered handle and apical loop. The design depicts a standing bird facing right with a circumferential legend which is now indistinct.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E4C4D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius of Faustina. The obverse has a bust right, coiffed and draped with the inscription DI(VA) FAV S (T)INA. The reverse has a figure standing left with the inscription AUGUSTA.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-E58B36
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle and strap plate. The buckle has been broken into two but it is highly likely that they are from the same buckle. In plan the buckle is sub-triangular with a narrowed and off-set strap bar. The sides of the frame are broken and small portions are missing. The exterior edge of the apex of the loop is an elongated trapezoid in plan with a notch traversing the frame. Either side of the notch there is obliquely angled fine notches. The reverse of the frame is flat and undecorated. The pin is missing. Attached to the strap bar is a buckle plate which is a rectang…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-E4A3F4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy bar mount made from cast copper alloy and dating from c.1250-1350. The mount measures 19.3cm x 12.5 cm and weighs 1.87g. One lobe is broken, though a rivet survives, and the center of the mount is decorated with incised cross hatching. A complete example, also from Lincolnshire, can be found on this database (PUBLIC-DCA404).
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-E56FF2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A personal cast lead or lead alloy seal matrix. The matrix is a flat-baked type which is circular in plan. The upper face of the matrix is undecorated. Integral to the edge, on the upper surface, there is a small perforated lug. The lug is the terminal of a high-relief rib which bisects the matrix on the upper surface. The underside of the matrix has a legend and central device. The legend appears to read 'S' WILELM [.]E[....]ING:'. The device depicts a large flower. The surface of the matrix has an abraded mid cream patina and some recent damage on the underside. It is also bent, pro…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-DFC683
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Medieval date, c. 1200-1500.
The spindle whorl is biconical with a circular perforation through the centre. Each face bears a leaf or flower with five petals on a stalk formed of moulded raised lines. At the base of each petal and between each petal is a raised dot.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-BB6F36
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy 'vesica' shaped seal matrix. The seal matrix is a pointed oval in plan. The reverse has an incomplete integral loop at one corner. The loop is set at an angle of 90° to the plain of the body of the seal and expands from a vertical rib which divides the seal in two. Apart from the rib the reverse of the matrix is plain and undecorated. The device on the underside of the matrix is possibly a bird stood on the edge of a nest, however the surface is extremely abraded and possibly too worn to see any detail. This also applies to the legend around the edge of t…
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-BB0423
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing caps at each terminal. The wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar around which the spring is coiled 6 times, with two coils missing. The pin extends from the centre of the coil and is curled upwards at the tip, forming a 'U' shape in profile. The chord is incomplete also. The wings are undecorated. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and has a small hook at the upper edge of the bow head and wings to hold the chord in place. The bow head is decorated with a double stranded low relief …
Created on: Sunday 3rd June 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9E9B87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Roman legionary denarius of Marcus Antonius or Mark Antony, c.32-31 BC, LEG VIII type, Eastern mint, BMRC 200.
These coins were struck by Mark Antony for the use of his fleet and legions when he was preparing for the struggle with Octavius, which culminated in the Battle of Actium on the 2nd of September, 31 BC (Grueber, 1970, 526).
Similar to an example illustrated in Coins of the Roman Republican in the British Museum (Grueber, 1970), Volumes II & III, on page 528, No.200, Plate CXVI, Fig.8.
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9E71F2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy hollow composite button, circular in plan and spherical in profile, with a separate soldered backplate that has an attachment loop or shank that is circular in profile. Most of the original surface of the exterior of the button has corroded away, but it appears to have been undecorated.
Bailey (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 77, Fig.9.330, which is dated from the 18th century.
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9E3594
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy small spectacle double-loop buckle with a narrowed and slightly recessed pin bar and internally bevelled and widened exterior edges to each loop. There is a linear grooved pin rest half way along the inner edge of one loop of the frame, but the pin is now missing. Where the dark green patina survives on the outer and inner surface of the frame, there are also traces of matt black lacquer which was used to protect the surface of the copper alloy (Whitehead, 1996, 8).
Whitehead (1996) illustrates a similarly small example on page 53, No.297, which is dated from c.135…
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9E1974
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy mount, lozenge-shaped in plan with one trefoil knop survivng, and missing the opposite terminal, which was likely also a trefoil. There is one integral pointed lug on the back of the trefoil terminal and the other broken missing end would also have had another pointed lug. The extant lug is quite long at 10mm. The surface of the mount is quite corroded and pitted, but some foliate decoration can be made out on the trefoil terminal. There are also blackened areas which may be the remains of black lacquer or tinning.
Read (2001) illustrates as similar exam…
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-9D9531
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy seal matrix, oval in plan and inscribed with a sun motif with radiating linear rays alternating with curvilinear lines of mirrored '?' shapes, all within an oval pelleted border. The handle is broken so that only the base remains which is recessed above a collar that is oblong in plan. The base is quite thin and rectangular in plan, but widens in profile, which suggests that it may have been an openwork trefoil handle like the examples below. This type of seal matrix with a flat oval face and a handle with a flattened trefoil that is made up of three perforated circl…
Created on: Saturday 2nd June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8CFC13
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy open topped thimble or sewing ring dating from the medieval period, AD1400-1500. It tapers slightly from the base to the top and is marked with vertical rows of hand punched, circular holes. There is a single, narrow groove running around the base of the thimble and another at the top. It has a dark green patina. It is 18mm in diameter at the base and 13.4mm high. It weighs 6.2gm.
For reference see : Egan, G, 1998. The Medieval Household, Daily Living 1150-1450, page 267.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-8BDDB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin: a radiate of Claudius II Gothicus (AD268-270), Annona reverse. Part of the flan has broken away between 11 o'clock and 3 o'clock on the obverse. It is 17.7mm long, 15.6mm wide and 1.4mm thick. It weighs 1.33gm. The Ms and Ns are made up of vertical strokes only. Compare Sear Volume III, number 11319 which is similar but with a different obverse legend.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-8A44C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet derivative brooch dating to the 2nd century AD. 55mm long, the wings are narrow and are 12mm long. The central collar is 8mm in diameter. The wongs have a square rearward lug to hold the pin and spring in place, which are now missing. A collar sits beneath the 90degree downwards bend in the bow, and a smaller collar is at the end of the bow, with a knop underneath acting as the foot. The catchplate is triangular in plan and extends between the two collars at the back of the bow. The bow has two rows of a zig-zag pattern etched along the front.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-8A04B5
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Early-Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) to Early Medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (1000-1100 AD).
The fitting is convex at the front and flat at the rear, giving it a D-shaped cross section. . It has a lozenge-shaped loop at each end with a circular aperture. Each loop has a rounded knop at the sides and one at the terminal end.
This fitting has a brown patina.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-898A16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman coin: a nummus of the House of Constantine, Fel Temp Reparatio fallen horseman type, so probably Constantius II. It is 12.3mm in diameter and 1.66mm thick. It weighs 1.07gm.
Though quite well struck, the small size of this coin suggests that it may be one of the contemporary copies struck between AD355 and AD361. The bust is also quite simplistic.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-883A76
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver coin: a clipped penny of Edward IV, second reign (1471-1483), mint unidentified, but probably Durham. As with many of these coins it was probably struck on a small flan and subsequent clipping has removed much of the remaining legend. It is 13.8mm in diameter and 0.5mm thick. It weighs 0.44gm.
Reference: North, volume 2, numbers 1658-1666.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-882DE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy incomplete annular brooch of Anglo-Saxon tradition, dating to the 6th century.
The brooch is incomplete, with approximately 50% of the brooch remaining in two adjoining fragments. The band is a flat ring of rectangular section and 10.07mm in breadth and 2.66mm in thickness.The upper face of the band is decorated with an inner and outer circle of punched rings/annulets. One section of these are interupted by eight incised lines across the width of the band, creating a small banded panel.
The hinge of the iron pin remains, corroded in place. This appears to be a …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-8804A1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Medieval date, c. 1200-1500.
The spindle whorl is biconical with central perforation. Both faces have raised lines radiating from the centre to the outer edge creating panels each containing three raised dots/pellets arranged in a triangle. One face is very worn.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-87E8B6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy finger ring, probably of Roman date. Only part of the hoop, the shoulders and the bezel are present. Both of the breaks are worn and patinated and happened in antiquity. The parts of the remaining hoop are narrow and have a flat oval cross-section. There are two narrow, flat rectangular shoulders with slightly rounded corners that step up into the flat bezel. The bezel is rectangular and set transversely to the hoop. It has an incuse rectangular setting that would have held a stone. The ring has a light green patina. It is 28.8mm long, 12.7mm wide and …
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-87E6F7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl of Medieval date, c. 1200-1500.
The spindle whorl is biconical with central perforation. Both faces have raised lines radiating from the centre to the outer edge and raised dots/pellets between some of the lines. One face is very worn.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-87CF43
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thick fragment of copper-alloy object of uncertain identification, but probably of Roman date, c. 43-410.
The fragment is irregularly shaped with broken and abbraded edges, and uneven corrosion across both faces.
The copper-alloy may have been part of an ingot or recycled waste.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-87B0C1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a late Roman ceramic vessel, a flanged bowl of the Crambeck industry, c. 300-400.
The sherd consists of the rounded rim with a triangular flange and a small portion of upper wall, all in a creamy buff fabric.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-877CE2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base from a late Roman ceramic vessel, a colour-coated beaker, probably of the Nene Valley industry, c. 250-400.
The sherd consists of the circular base that expands upward and retains the very bottom of the vessel walls. The clay is a buff white colour with red and brown surface colouring/slip on the interior and exterior of the beaker.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-876AE1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base fragment of a late Roman ceramic vessel, a calcite-gritted jar from a Yorkshire kiln, c. 250-400.
The sherd consists of the base of a jar and a small portion of wall. The clay is a dark grey colour with a charcoal-black exterior. Large calcite inclusions can be seen in the fabric, many of which have been lost (due to the chemical reaction between the calcite and the acidic nature of the local soils), creating pitting or 'vesicles' on the interior and exterior surfaces of the sherd.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-875494
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman ceramic vessel, probably a greyware jar, c. 200-400.
The vessel fragment consists of a body sherd of wheelmade fired grey clay with very fine inclusions. The interior retains a grey colour but the exterior is reduced to a creamy buff colour.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-776865
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy fragment of a great square-headed brooch.
The fragment is roughly L-shaped, consisting of the bow and part of one side of the footplate, with a circular knob projecting from the front of the bow. Traces of gilding and simple grooved decoration are visible on the front of the bow, and the stub of a catchplate remains on the reverse. The fragment is distorted, perhaps through plough damage or by heat, for example during a cremation.
The fragment is 43mm long, 31mm wide, 2mm thick at the top and 6mm thick at the knob, and weighs 21.36g.
Finds Advisor Helen G…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-771983
Object type: FLASK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy flask or bottle-like vessel of uncertain purpose but probably of post medieval date. The vessel, which is 35.62mm in height and 28.50mm in diameter, has a flaring rim on a long neck (13.14mm diameter) and a rounded base with clear base angle. There is a large ragged hole in the lower half of the vessel.
There must remain the possibility that this object is not a vessel but a fitting of a different type.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-764720
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Headstud type with the remains of a hinged pin. The bow is decorated with a band of notching and has brodering grooves. The stud is round and has a central boss. The rounded flat foot sits below a pair of transverse ridges.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-753C65
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, reverse type BEATA TRANQVILLITAS (globe over an altar inscribed VOTIS XX), minted probably in Trier 318-324.
The flan is slightly elongated so that part of it is outside the are struck by the die.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-749F47
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman ceramic vessel, c. 100-400.
The vessel fragment consists of a discoidal base and the bottom of the angled walls of the body, probably from a cup/beaker or a small bowl.
The fabric is a very clean red clay, with a few small traces of a dark red slip visible in the crease between the base and the walls. Possibly Oxfordshire Red Slip ware.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-749813
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a hand made (not wheel-thrown) ceramic vessel of unknown date. The sherd is a wall sherd and is strongly curved, suggesting it is from a small globular vessel. The striations in the clay are not uni-directinal as in wheel thrown pots, and instead, there are deep finger marks showing where clay has been pushed, perhaps into a mould? The outer face is very smooth but has small flat areas. The reverse is uneven and wiped in different directions. There appear to be two layers of clay forming the wall of the vessel. The fabric is hard and has fine but worn breaks. The surface …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th August 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-746A00
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy strap end of Medieval date. It is sub-rectangular in shape and flat in section. It is a two piece strap end with a sheet spacer. It has a small knop on the outside edge and circular holes for two seperately cast rivets, one at each end. The one at the attachment end is missing. There is no decoration. It measures 20.60mm in length, 16.14mm in width, 2.35mm in thickness and weighs 2.62g.
It is similar to examples published from London (Egan and Pritchard, 1991, nos 694 and 696).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-745687
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. It is a shield shaped mount which is flat in section and slightly convex. It has two circular holes in the top edge for seperately cast rivets which are missing. There is no decoration. It measures 13.00mm in length, 11.56mm in width, 0.93mm in thickness and weighs 0.75g.
It is similar to examples publised from London (Egan and Prtichard, 1991, no 1087).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-743ED2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval date. It is a quatrefoil mount with a hollow back. It comprises a central domed circle which is surrounded by four equal sized circular lobes. There is a central circular hole for a serperately cast rivet which is missing. There is no decoration. It measures 14.99mm in length, 14.94mm in width, 3.46mm in height and weighs 0.61g.
It is similar to examples publised from London (Egan and Prtichard, 1991, no 943).
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-742B75
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval or Post-medieval date. It is a traingular mount with an oval knop on the flat end and a transverse rib towards the pointed end. The reverse is flat and has two integrally cast circular rivets, both of which are bent. There is no decoration. It measures 23.02mm in length, 8.81mm in width, 1.46mm in thickness and weighs 1.29g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-740C87
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount of Medieval or Post-medieval date. It is a bar mount comprising two sub-ovals with a central circle in each and a four knops evenly spaced around the edge. The reverse is flat and has two integrally cast circular rivets, both are bent and one is broken. There is no decoration. It measures 27.18mm in length, 11.76mm in width, 1.51mm in thickness and weighs 1.80g.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-6798E2
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy rotary key: The key has an elaborate bow which is a sub-trefoil in plan and decorated with elaborate lattice openwork formed by five cells. The shank has a triple collar below the bow, and is then narrowed, solid, circular in section and tapering to a blunt point where the bit is missing. This tapering may be due to damage as the tip was probably hollow (a complete example recorded on the PAS database SUR-2A0636 http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/487600 has a hollow tip). The surface of the key is corroded and has traces of red copper corrosion. It m…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-678E45
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy probable buckle with an integral strap fitting. The buckle frame is missing however, the integral plate remains. This is elongated sub-rectangular with a bulbous terminal. It is a pointed oval in section. Towards the buckle frame there is an incomplete hole through which, originally, the pin would have been fixed. Below this is the bulbous section which has a rivet hole and the remains of a copper alloy rivet. The remaining integral strap fitting is narrowed and undecorated. The surface of the object is abraded and has none of the original surface. It measures 22.…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-678411
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy hooked tag/dress hook. The plate of this tag is made of lead alloy and is sub-circular in plan. The outer face is decorated with a beaded border and has a central cross formed by pellets. The reverse has a central rectangular slot where the hook was probably originally embedded. There is also a casting seam visible. The surface has a matte light grey colour. The hook and loop are missing. It measures 19.6mm long, 18.08mm wide and weighs 3.8g.
A similar hooked tag is illustrated in Read (Read, B. 2008 Hooked-Clasps and Eyes Portcullis Publishing), p. 131, No…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-6773E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Post Medieval cast copper alloy incomplete strap mount. The centre of the body of the mount is a circular dome with an integral drop shape protruding from one edge. This drop has a triangular openwork shape decorating it. The tip of the drop terminates with a solid hert shape. The opposite edge of the central dome has a broken edge. This break is probably recent. The reverse of the mount is concave beneath the central dome, but is otherwise flat. At the heart shaped terminal there is a trace of a stud. The surface of the mount is heavily corroded with traces of red copper cor…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-643C86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, the wire hoop slightly distorted, with an irregular semicircular bezel containing a dark red stone (probably a garnet).
The ring is gold and dates from the late twelfth or the thirteenth century. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th April 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-63F643
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver 'TOT' ring from Hallaton, Leicestershire
A complete silver finger-ring of Henig type XI. Sub-circular in profile with a hoop that expands gently towards the bezel. The band is broad and flat with a sub-rectangular section. Two grooves, slightly inset from each edge, run the circumference of the ring. The bezel is accentuated on each side by two impressed mouldings and the space between is roughly inscribed with a scratchy free hand. The inscription reads 'IOI'. The ring is in good condition with very little sign of wear.
The inscription is likely to be a variant of …
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 7th April 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-63BF15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy medieval buckle of trapezoidal form and with a central bar. The buckle is similar to examples excavated in London for which a date range of c1350-1450 is proposed (eg. Dress Accessories nos.462-9).
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-63ACA3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A thimble made of sheet silver, dating to the 17th century AD. Badly damaged/ crushed and split down the length of the wall. The crown is missing. At the base of the thimble, creating a border around the circumference is a plain band, followed by a rope like decoration which borders both sides of a thick plain band. Within the band are the initials 'CT', which have been stippled/ punched out. The body of the thimble is decorated with regular circular indentations.
Dimensions: Length: 21.7 mm, Width: 23.35 mm, Thickness: 1 mm, Weight: 2.62 g
Discussion: This thi…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-639A85
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy object of uncertain original form. The object comprises two circular frames with an integral pair of linking bars, one of which is broken. It is not clear if this is a complete object or whether there were extensions now missing.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-638C02
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Post-Medieval buckle frame dating from about 1600-1720. The buckle frame is sub oval in plan and double looped. It has rounded ends and bi-concave sides. It is otherwise undecorated. Examples of similar buckles may be found in Whitehead (page 70, numbers 440 and 441). The pin is missing. The spindle is iron and the plate is attached; it is sub triangular and very thick, but the knop at the end is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-636DC4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, double loop, trapezoidal buckle with openwork frame, dating from about 1620-1680. The outer edge of each loop has a fleur de lis protrusion and is pierced with two rectangular holes. There are ovoid knops on the angles of the frame and a protrusion at either end of the strap bar. The pin is missing. See Whitehead, Buckles 1250 - 1800, p. 85, No. 534. A matching example is SWYOR-20E9A1.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-62DB50
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy sestertii (2) of Antoninus Pius, Rome, reverse standing female left, further details illegible, 138-61.
Wear levels are identical (a little but not much wear underneath a dirty brown patina) and so these two coins could represent part of a purse loss or hoard. Since there are only two of them, however, they do not represent a case of Treasure
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-62A896
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint discoidal scraper of Early to Middle Bronze Age date.
The scraper is discoidal, with flakes struck from both faces, and approximately 75% of the outer edge pressure-flaked. The flint is a honey brown colour with two patches of white outer cortex visible on one face.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-629DA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of green glazed pottery dating to the Medieval period. One side has all of the glaze remaining, whilst much of the glaze on the other side has been worn away. One the worn side are a set of incised lines, possibly left from the decoration. The sherd weighs 5.5g and measures 38.5mm at its longest point and 20.5mm at its widest point.
See the Museum of London ceramics webpages for further information about this type of pottery: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/pages
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-629A33
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of green glazed pottery dating to the Medieval period. One side has all of the glaze remaining, whilst all of the glaze on the other side has been worn away. The fabric of the sherd is a cream colour. The sherd weighs 6.2g and measures 29.5mm at its longest point and 20.5mm at its widest point.
See the Museum of London ceramics webpages for further information about this type of pottery: http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/pages/
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-628712
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post Medieval lozenge-shaped silver gilt hooked tag. Front surface has a small pellet in each corner of the lozenge with a further three slightly larger pellets per side, totalling sixteen pellets. The central design is of a four-petalled flower, which is perhaps separate soldered, with a pellet at the centre. Read Early Post Medieval Class D, Type 3. Cf. Read 2008, p65-66, Nos. 208-209; For similar PAS Treasure cases, see: 2003T356 and 2004T479.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ' Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-627514
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy and gilded medieval buckle frame and plate. The pin is missing. The frame is oval with a sloping outer edge and is decorated with a scrolling foliate form. The rectangular plate is 19.25mm wide and has two rivets. Decoration on the plate comprises a thinly engraved right-facing lion with his tail in the air and a paw raised. The borders are notched but the edge of the plate adjacent to the frame is decorated with a zigzag.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-623E36
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle of later 14th century date.
The buckle has an oval frame with a triangular projection serving as a pin rest in the centre of the outer frame. A forked-spacer is cast integral with the frame, but the front and rear plates are missing. The pin is formed of copper-alloy wire with a wrap-around hinge.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-623195
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead button of Post Medieval date. The button is sub circular, with some parts of the perimeter broken away. The front face is domed, with a raised depiction of a face as the decoration. The face includes eyes, nose and a mouth. The reverse of the button is undecorated, but has a squashed loop. The metal is cream in colour and the object weighs 14.4g.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-622714
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy buckle and plate, Egan type 4, of later 14th century date.
The buckle has a D-shaped frame with a broad band with slightly pointed outer edge and flanked by moulded collars centred on the outer frame. The pin is formed from a tapered strip of copper alloy, with the broader end hooked around the crossbar of the buckle. A sheet of cut copper alloy forms the plate. A circular perforation at the far end indicates where the plate was riveted to the belt strap, and the plate has two retangular projections at the opposite end that are hooked around the crossbar of the buckle…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-619DB2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy token or tally, probably dating from the later medieval to post-medieval periods. The token is bifacial, with a spoked wheel on the obverse and a six-pointed star or linear design on the reverse. The reverse is very worn, so that the design can only just be seen. It is uncertain what these objects were used for, but they may have operated as small change or possibly even game pieces.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-6190F1
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular lead seal dating to the Late Medieval or Post Medieval period. One face of the seal has a raised depiction of a duck or swan. The animal is stood on two legs, with a tail and the beak present. The reverse is decorated with raised lines that cross in the centre. It weighs 4.5g and measures 18.8mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-617B04
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A brass quarter ounce circular trade weight dating to the first half of the 19th century. The weight has been over-stamped with local verification marks CSY, meaning County of Surrey. The ewer stamp of the Plumbers' Company is also present.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-616D65
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete circular lead token dating to the Late Medieval or Post Medieval period. One face of the token has a raised depiction of a duck or swan. The animal is stood on two legs, with a tail and the beak present. There is also decoration coming from the top of the animal which might be a depiction of a wing. The reverse is undecorated. It weighs 4.8g and measures 19.5mm in diameter. This token would come under Powell Type 19: animals, see SUSS-062187 as another example.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-616A83
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A biconical lead weight, possibly of Roman date, with a broken iron loop embedded in one end. The weight is one pound, one and three eights ounces.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-615AA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Medieval ceramic vessel, probably a dish as it is only glazed on the inside. The fabric is a warm grey colour with a fine break and the inclusions are poorly sorted white quartz pebbles and grey flecks. There is a white slip under the glaze which is pale lemony green with strips of dark brown.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th August 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-613B64
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Post Medieval slip ware ceramic vessels. There are two wall sherds from different vessels, and a rim sherd. The fabric is hard and dark red with inclusions of white flecks and some streaks of white clay. The thicker wall sherd and the rim sherd have a dark brown glaze with white slip stripes. the wall sherd has a row of short stripes, and the rim has a zigzag line round the rim. The smaller and thinner wall sherd has a dark brown glaze on the outer face with an hour glass shaped area of white slip, and has a yellow glaze on the inner face.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th August 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-613AC7
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete blue glass bead of uncertain date, possibly either Roman or Early Medieval. The bead is conical, with a central circular perforation through the entire object. It is dark blue in colour, with flecks of white and brown probably from general wear and tear. The bead weighs 0.6g. See NCL-975803 as a comparison.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-611C72
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment of a bag-shaped lead pilgrim's ampulla. The upper part is missing although most fo the two lug handles survive. One side is decorated with a cast representation of a scallop shell, the other side with a plain cross.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-611738
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (c. 2500 BC - c.1150 BC). The arrowhead is bifacially worked and sub-triangular in plan. There is central tang with a barb at either side present. The tang is complete and extends beyond the limit of the barbs, of which only one is complete. The complete barb has a rounded terminal. The flint is white in colour. It weighs 1.0g and measures 16.00mm in length.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-6112C3
Object type: KILN FURNITURE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of very hard fine grained stone which seems to have been used as kiln furniture, or been in a pottery kiln for another reason, because it has glaze covering one end, which probably ran off the vessels in the kiln during firing. The glaze is clear with patches of rich olive green (iron based?) and on one face is very thick and bubbly, and discoloured to a purple brown. The stone is pink on the outer face where not glazed, and grey inside. The stone has fractured, perhaps due to heat. The stone looks to have been roughly rectangular before it broke. It may have been used as a sp…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-610EE6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-Medieval gold posy ring dating to between c. 1682-1709 AD. Plain gold ring, thin D-shaped band inscribed inside in lower case: love as I or else I dye with maker's mark SF in a shield.
Dimensions: Thickness: 1.4 mm
Diameter: 19.2 mm
Weight: 4.02 g
The same mark occurs on a ring in the British Museum collections, 1961,1202.389, although not identifiable in any standard reference work the mark occurs on the 1682 marks plate at goldsmiths hall, this ring can therefore be given a pre-1712 date.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-602961
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds of medieval ceramic vessels.
The larger is a rim sherd. The fabric is oxidised and hard, with an irregular fracture. The core is grey, the outer parts of the fabric are buff to pink with a brown coating on the outer face and a black coating on the inner face. The inclusions are mainly large angular pieces of quartz which make the surface rough. The rim is flared outwards from the neck, straight, and with a slightly rounded square edge. It is 43.34mm wide, 34.67mm high and 12.29 mm thick. It weighs21.59g.
The smaller sherd is a base sherd. The fabric is hard with a fin…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th August 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-5FB112
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper dating from the late Neolithic period, about 2500 BC - 2100 BC. It is an oval flake of opaque grey flint with cortex surviving on part of the proximal end. The flake was formed by blows from two striking platforms; the first from the distal end which is now worked, and the second from the end with surviving cortex, which is thus described as the proximal end. The distal end has been worked into a wide scraper with high quality invasive shallow retouch. There is evidence of both percussion and pressure flaking.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-5F9BA3
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy harness pendant of Medieval date, probably c. 1200-1300.
The pendat is largely complete, missing a portion of the very worn suspension loop. The pendant is sub-square in plan with a thick outer edge with moulded notches, creating a wavy, beaded effect. The field is sunken, of 3-4mm depth, with a central, domed square boss. Most of the field retains a veneer of blue enamel, less than 1mm in thickness. The reverse is undecorated. The suspension loop emerges from the centre of the upper edge.
The squarish form of the pendant, use of enamel, and lack of heraldic de…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-5F8EC7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger ring with inverted-pyramidal bezel, missing its inset. Each of the four faces of the bezel is decorated with an incised herringbone pattern, to take enamel. The shoulders and hoop are of D-shaped section, the transition between the two elements being imperceptible. A herringbone pattern extends from either side of the bezel, reaching halfway down the side of the hoop, where it terminates in a cross-shaped incision above a tapering longitudinal groove.
Discussion: A stylistically similar gold ring, dated to the 16th century, is recorded from Lower Halstow…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-5F51F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy vessel leg dating from the late Medieval or early Post Medieval period. It is D shaped in section and sub rectangular in plan. The top edge is concave with broken edges where it has broken from the rounded vessel base. The leg tapers to the foor which is rounded. The leg has a light green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-5F5077
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman radiate, probably of Tetricus I (AD 270-273). The coin is very worn and only the bust on the obverse can be recognised. Reverse unknown.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-5F3CD5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver open-frame brooch, made by bending a circular-sectioned wire to form the now-distorted ring. The pin is of circular section, tapers to a point and is slightly bent. Adjacent to the pin loop there is a moulded collar decorated with punched circles.
Discussion: A parallel for this brooch is Treasure find 2006 T161 from Wiltshire (TAR 2005/6: 104, no. 316).
In terms of age, and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-5EDF01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy foreign coin; probably a one Gulden coin of the Netherlands of uncertain but Post Medieval date. The obverse is almost illegible and the design is not clear.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 31st May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-5EDFA5
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bell metal) bell, retaining its copper alloy clapper and chain. The bell is open-ended, with the rim flaring outwards slightly and being decorated with a single line around this rim; the upper portion of the bell tapers and has a roughly flat top, from which protrudes a tall rounded top loop for suspension. There are file marks evident on this loop but there is no other marking or decoration on the bell. This style of bell was used to adorn horse harnesses and cart trappings and dates from the 19th to early 20th century.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-5E9505
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy double loop buckle, dating from the Medieval period. The buckle is a small example, and retains not only the copper pin but also a small strap plate affixed to the pin bar; this small folded sheet of copper alloy is looped over the pin bar and would have been secured to a strap with a rivet, which survives intact. It is not common to find such a buckle with the strap plate intact in this way. This type of buckle dates from c. AD 1250-1400.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 30th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-5D26A1
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead mortuary cross cast as a crucifix with the naturalistic figure of the crucified Christ depicted in half relief, as is the scroll at the head of the cross. An oval perforation of length 2.4mm below a curved lug at the top was presumably for suspension of the cross. The figure is flattened by recent abrasions and the cross shaft is indented on both its sides and bent at about knee level on the figure. Such crosses were included in burials of the later medieval period (Gilchrist and Sloane 2005, 88-93), though are often very crudely formed, simply being cut from lead sheet. This cas…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd June 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-4EF9F4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Uni-faced cast lead token of later medieval or post-medieval date (1450-1800). The token is broadly circular in plan and slight distorted through bending. The upper face is decorated with a cast design of a stylised bird standing within a border decorated with radial ribs. The bird is relatively crude with slight beak, wing case and also feet depicted, from the style of the feet it is possible that the bird is a duck. The reverse is plain flat and undecorated.
The token measures 24.0mm diameter is 2.7mm thick, and weighs 7.17 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4ED5A3
Object type: VEHICLE FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Aluminium
Aircraft Debris. A curved fitting possibly from the undercarriage hydraulic system, and circa 20 fragments of melted aluminium. The only recognisable fragment is itself partly melted. These are thought to be parts of a Lancaster bomber (serial no. PB476) of 12 Squadron which crashed at 29 minutes past midnight on the morning of March 4 1945. This element is part of the starboard undercarriage strut; an identification kindly suggested by Susan Bootland and confirmed by members of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The plane, returning to RAF Wickenby, was the first of…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 4th September 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4EC4E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Brooch. Disc brooch. A plain cast disc with the stubs of a hinged pin lug and a folded U-shaped catch-plate. The front is entirely plain except for a single ring and dot of diameter 3mm close to the edge. It may be that a Roman brooch or back plate has been reused; however, the plate is slightly larger than the simpler forms of disc brooch illustrated by Mackreth (2011), so an imitation of the form may rather explain this piece. However, it is conventionally believed that Anglo-Saxon brooches were usually provided with iron pins, and there is no sign of iron staining o…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4EA855
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and Iron, painted or oiled
Late Roman Crossbow Brooch fragment. Cast onion knop surmounting a deep collar with billeted edges. Beyond the collar the object acquires an oval section with two oval projections, presumably the start of a series. Two prongs of iron wire of thickness 1.3mm are bedded in the core of this stem. Erica Darch kindly identifies this as a part of a Crossbow Brooch, a type associated with the later Roman military; in this correcting an identification as a knife pommel. She cites SF-A65EF0 as a similar fragment and SUR-56D6F6 as a complete example.
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Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-4E9127
Object type: STYLUS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy stylus, cylindrical with a narrowed writing tip at one end. Due to the length of time styli were in use, it is not possible to offer a definitive date for this object, although its condition suggests it maybe later in date. Medieval to post-medieval (AD 1350-1750).
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-4E82D6
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper alloy combination padlock. The padlock has a cylindrical body with five revolving wheels. The loop is arched.
A series of stamped letters and numbers occupy positions on the five rings and on the outer discs as well. Set to open the combination reads:
-VNRA--
CFPYK-T
FS3E+-A
3CMDI-C
PXLB8-F
BHFPG-P
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-4D9688
Object type: HORSE TRAPPING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly damaged cast copper alloy object, possibly a horse plume holder of probable nineteenth century date (AD 1800-1900). The object is cylindrical with tapering sides, the base of which is narrowed into a small projection for attachment, having a hole through the centre. The opposing end is open, with two holes set lower down the wall edge for the attachment of the plume. The outer face of the object is circumferentially ribbed.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-4D8A53
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with gilding
Locket. Pressed metal oval back plate with five surviving bosses projecting from its edge, with an attached pressed plate, decorated with, from its outer order: a billeted edge, a granulated ring, and a central raised oval panel with the stamped image of a swallow. Gilding is retained between the billeted ornaments and around the granulations. A paur of holes of diameter 1.6mm in the back-plate may be intended to facilitate either opening or suspension.Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900.
Length: 21.9mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 2.07gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4D7DE6
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy
Probable Buckle chape. Cast curved and bifurcated chape with a lug at either side to engage with and rotate within a buckle frame. A cast pointed leaf motif has been given veins with a series of casually executed and intersecting angled cuts. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1575-1700.
Length: 22.1mm, Width: 23mm, Thickness: 5.7mm, Weight: 5.39gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4D3573
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy seal matrix, lentoid or vesica-shaped (pointed oval), with a raised rib and suspension lug on the reverse. The central motif is an engraved device of a winged and maned quadruped walking right when the pierced lug on the reverse is held to the left, but rampant when it is held the conventional way up with the lug to the top. On the impression the animal appears to have a bird's head and so may be a gryphon, a mythical beast symbolising martial virtues.
The inscription is not easy to read. Held with the lug to the left, it appears to read (below the motif) [?I]NRI DEO.Z…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4D2485
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver
Coin. Long cross penny of an indeterminate ruler, issue of 1279-1489.
Obverse description: Circle, no other detail remains.
Reverse description: Long cross within circle; no other features remain. Inscribed paired lines hint at an attempt to restore or supplement the detail lost by wear.
Diameter: 18.7mm, Weight: 0.97gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4D1181
Object type: NET SINKER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead
Net Weight. Tubular sinker, made from a rolled rectangle of cast lead sheet of thickness 2.2mm with a clenched seam, and with a central aperture of diameter 4mm. Patinated overall. This technique of fixing a sinker to the selvedge of a net was recorded in Middle Saxon contexts at Flixborough, North Lincs, and other examples are widely reported in the region; this weight was either removed by tearing the net or was discarded along with it. Suggested date: Early Medieval, 750-850.
Length: 31.3mm, Width: 14.3mm, Thickness (overall): 10.1mm, Weight: 26.03gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4CCF00
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead
Weight. Cast sub-rectangular weight. The upper surface bears a probably moulded lipped edge, and a number of small round punch-marks of diameter 1mm are scattered randomly across it. The border has subsequently been enhanced by a thin inscribed line, which continues as an un-ruled X extending corner to corner. Patinated overall. The mass suggests this may be a Roman weight representing eight drachmae (3.41gm) or one uncia (27.3gm), though the Roman system continued in use into Anglo-Saxon times. A weight such as this would be used with a set of balancing scales. Suggested date…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-4C2B74
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy toggle of Iron Age date.
A cast copper alloy, dumbbell shaped toggle, dating from the late Iron Age or early Roman period. It consists of two globular hemispheres joined together by a narrower, circular neck. There is a single groove around the base of each hemisphere where it joins the central section. The toggle has a rough, darkgreen patina. Each globular head has a diameter of approximately 14mm and the central neck is 7mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-4BD096
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Tumbler lock key of Romano-British date. The bow is a semi-circular shape that measures 18mm in diameter. Below the bow is an inverted trapezium of sub-rectangular cross-section, with a moulded horizontal collar at the top and bottom of this zone. The upper collar of this central section measures 14mm wide and the lower collar is 10mm wide. This section is 3.5mm thick.
The shank has a hollow circular section of 4.99mm external diameter and is 14mm long from the base of the central plate to the tip. The rectangular shaped bit is set at 90 degrees to the…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-4B8EB5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper alloy button or mount. The object is circular, flat and has a small domed boss in the centre. The body is decorated with a band of pellet-in-ring. The reverse has the remains of the stem , the loop is missing. Diameter 29.51mm Weight 10.26g
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-4ABC38
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead seal dating to the Post Medieval period. The seal is circular in plan, with one decorated side and one undecorated side. The decoration is of a figure facing right, possibly William III of England. The object weighs 1.2g and measures 14.16mm in diameter and 1.17mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-4AAB36
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A bent gold finger ring engraved with a heart with crossed arrows on each side flanked by scrolling foliage. The band is D-shaped in section and the inside bears the inscription 'Kindly take this for my sake' followed by a stamped IY (or IV).
Discussion: See ring in the British Museum collections, 1961,1202.116, for a ring with the same mark, probably that of John Young entered in 1760 and in use until at least 1793.
The find dates to later than 1712 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-4A5BC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver farthing (cut) of Henry II or III, possibly minted by Nicole, as this coin has been cut into a quarter it is difficult to identify further.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-4A4243
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy bar mount dating to the late Medieval period (1300-1500). The mount consists of a circular dome in the centre with two smaller circular domes either side. The two smaller domes have central rivet holes that still contain the rivets. The large dome is decorated with five incised lines across the centre. The other side of the object is hollow and undecorated. The metal is green in colour. It wieghs 2.7g and measures 23.37mm in length, 11.94mm in width and 3.75mm in height. See Egan and Pritchard (1991), pg. 213, fig. 134, no.'s 1160-1161 for parallels of this typ…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-4A2876
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the blade of a Bronze Age rapier, or possibly a dirk or dagger. The surviving fragment is rectangular in form, pointed oval in section and terminates at both ends in old breaks. The surfaces are extremely worn and pitted with no visible signs of use-wear or tool marks and only traces of the original dark brown/green patina visible. It is probably of Middle Bronze Age date, about 1,500-1,150 BC. Compare SF-D3CE33, KENT-2644F0 and KENT-258DF1.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-4A0936
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval harness pendant dating from 1200 - 1405 AD. The pendant is shield shaped and has a blue enamel background covered with fleur de lis. The silvering or gilding of the fleurs is missing, but they were probably gilded, making this the Arms of France Ancient (Azure semy-de-lis or). DUR-A54350 notes Irene Szymanski's comment that: "France Ancient remained the French arms until the late 14th century when, in accordance with an edict of Charles V in 1376, the number of fleurs-de-lys was reduced to three. In fact, as coins show, the edict took some time to take effe…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-49FF14
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle dating to the end of the Medieval period (1400-1500). The buckle is sub rectangular in shape, the two longer sides curve towards the interior. There is moulded decoration on one side of the object, the other side is undecorated. Around the centre of the longer sides of the object there is some corrosion, the pin and the spindle are also missing. The object weighs 4.3g, measuring 26.17mm in length, 18.78mm in width and 2.91mm thick. See Whitehead (2003), pg. 59 for parallels of this type of buckle.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-49ACA1
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy medieval spindle whorl. It is biconical in section with a thickened median rib. Each face is decorated with 3 or 4 raised radial ribs, raised pellets round the central aperture, and a raise circular line near the edge. The central hole is 10.6mm in diameter and there is no visible cavity in the side wall. The whorl has a dusty grey patina. Spindle whorls are very difficult to date, but the type with raised dots and lines are thought to be medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-4986C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete contemporary plated copy of a silver denarius of Lucilla dating to the period AD 164 to 169. The reverse is unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-4979C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval coin; a short cross penny of Henry III (1216 - 1272), probably Class 7c*(A) dating from 1236 - 1242 AD. It was minted by Geffrei at London. See North number 980. The coin is broken with a piece from the top of the obverse missing.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-497730
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A silver-gilt cap hook, dating to the 16th century.
The cap hook has a circular baseplate, with alternating triangular and openwork rectangular scallops around the edge. The S-shaped hook is soldered to the reverse of the back plate, though the pointed hook end is missing. The baseplate supports a dome with applied filigree wire arranged in trefoil forms in a filligree wire circle. In the centre of each trefoil is a silver bead. A smaller frame and trefoil is found at the top of the dome, with five further and slightly larger frames and trefoils surrounding the central…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-492CA2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman gilded disc brooch. The brooch is circular and divided into three zones by bold concentric ribs The central rib is raised higher than the others. This form of brooch usually contains a conical glass setting within the raised rib, but this is missing on this example, leaving an empty cell. The outer two zones are decorated with a pattern of alternate Xs and vertical lines. A lug and catchplate are present on the reverse. The catchplate turnover is missing, and the perforation in the lug is filled with iron corrosion indicating that the missing pin was iron. Gi…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-48F8B2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy circular seal matrix dating from the 13th or 14th century and depicting a mermaid with long bent-up tail, holding her tail in one hand and a fish (with head uppermost) in the other. The reverse of the matrix is not decorated but has a central thicker rib with a lug at one end (corresponding with the top of the matrix design) which is pierced by a circular suspension hole.
The legend is: "+S•IEHANS ABLIN POISONNIER" meaning 'The seal of Jehans Ablin, Fishmonger' in French and Latin. The personal name Jehans is a little unusual, Johans (John) being more typical. It is…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2013Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NLM-48E022
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy
Possible Knife Handle fragment. Cast rectangular plano-convex object, lightly dished on its back. The display face bears closely-spaced cross-hatched lines with a smooth terminal from which a subdivided triangular motif extends into the hatched field. A rivet hole of diameter 2mm appears off-centre here. Broken at the other end and abraded along the edges, and lightly bowed along its length. The hatching presumably afforded grip. As the hollow on the reverse does not continue all the way along the object, it seems it is near complete, perhaps missing a terminal. This fea…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-3DF715
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy bird mount of Post-Medieval date, c. 1700-1850.
The mount is largely complete and consists of two elements, a base plate and a bird. The baseplate is cast in a sub-rectangular shape, with a central perforation that acts as a fitting for the bird. The base flares outward to either side of the setting, with moulded vegetal and feathered decoration. The underside is undecorated.
The bird has spread wings on a boxish body and a slightly angular, beaked head. The right wing extends straight out, but the left wing is bent downward near its base. The tail extends behi…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-3D99F5
Object type: INKWELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead inkwell of Post-Medieval date, c. 1600-1800.
The inkwell is box-shaped, with a triangular opening in the centre of the upper face and a circular hole for holding a quill in one corner. The inkwell has been compressed, with damage to the side faces and inward folding on one corner.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-3C69B6
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval key with hollow stem and U-shaped round tooth, or bit. The bit has a rectangular cleft along it's length underneath to form eight wards. The handle (bow) is broken and only the bit remains. This is of a medieval date.
YORYM-15C6D3 is a very similar example.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-3A13C5
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval or early post medieval cast copper alloy saddle pommel. The pommel is a one-piece domed hollow knob. On one side (the longer side) are about six radiating grooves and on the shorter is a narrow projecting ridge. Three projections extend from the opening on the longer side. The central projection ends in a point and has a single round hole for a rivet; the other two projections (one is missing) are tongue-shaped with two holes each. The interior fo the pommel contains a large amount of charcoal - perhpas the remaisn fo a burnt wooden saddle.
The pommel would have been rive…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-399922
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman circular plate brooch of plain conical form, in very good condition. The brooch has been cast from a high tin content copper alloy (showing grey) and the hinged pin from a different alloy (showing green). The remains of a white metal surface coating survive. The brooch has a central raised conical boss which rises from a saucer. A notched circular ridge lies at the base of the cone. Around the circumference are eight evenly-spaced rounded projections.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-38FBE2
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy figurine of a cockerel of Roman date. The details are basic, with the comb atop the head suggested by a groove and the wings suggested by raised oblongs at each side of the body. The tail is crescent shaped and thin. Silvering is still present in the grooves beneath the wings and at the legs. The legs are resting on a small oval platform 6mm long and 4mm wide. A small nub, square in section on teh underside of the platform suggests that the figuring sat intop of a larger object, possibly fitting into a larger figurine scene, or more likely is that this particular o…
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-38E602
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy sword belt fitting. One large loop with a smaller loop attatched to the outside and two collars at the base of the large loop. Broken at the collars. D-shaped in section with a groove in the underside. Similar can be seen in Read, nos. 759-760.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-38D0B5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy strap mount, dating to the 17th century AD. Lozenge shaped in plan with V-shaped nothes taken at regular intervals around the edge. The front face is decorated with two rows of circular floral motif stamps. The erevsre has the remains of two prongs, broken close to the surface. The face has evidence of tinning or silvering (silvering is more likley).
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-38B086
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval to modern copper-alloy crotal bell dating between 1770 and 1813. The bell is spherical and has a square suspension loop. A moulded band runs around the waist. The lower hemisphere is decorated with incised pairs of arched lines, and the base contains two sound holes joined by a channel. The letters W and G are inscribed one either side of the channel. The letters refer to the maker William Gwynn of Aldbourne.
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th May 2012Spatial data recorded.